Comments on: Suing Google over search results

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:43:24 +0000

Wouldn’t this end up being hit with a DMCA section 230 smackdown? (resulting in the suit being tossed under U.S. law and possible — no, needed — sanctions against the plaintiffs and counsel for same?)

By: Bill Alexander

Bill Alexander — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:06:01 +0000

I would think that Google could solve the problem, and get even, by simply returning from any search including the words Max Mosley a simple statement that all results are blocked, due to a lawsuit from Mr. Mosley. Streisand affect.

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:37:29 +0000

I cheered Max Mosley’s original successful lawsuit against a sleazy British tabloid (is there any other kind?) on “invasion of privacy” grounds.
But this suit against Google, if successful, would set a disastrous precedent.

As a compromise, I propose a search-engine (Google) “right of reply”: a search against “Max Mosley” would include, at or next to the top of the first 10 listed hits, his own chosen page where he can refute the most common charges against him.

Admittedly, this “right of reply” would be more useful to a victim of libel than to a victim of invasion of privacy. Damages in invasion-of-privacy cases should be set at a higher level than 30 years ago, on the understanding that the existence of the Internet makes the invasion greater and longer-lasting.

By: ctrees

ctrees — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:33:53 +0000

Bing!

By: Houston Injury Attorney

Houston Injury Attorney — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:06:11 +0000

How dare Google allow people to search the internet for news from around the world without first filtering the entire internet to make sure each and every article the search returns doesn’t offend every single person on the planet! The nerve!